5 years of law school should really be 3 years of learning law and 2 years of learning Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, client management and how to handle a bunch of emails per day.
If a Senior Advocate charges ₹ 20 lakh per hearing in the Supreme Court and does your job in 30 mins, it's because they've spent 20 years learning how to do it in 30 mins. You pay them for the years, not for the minutes.
There should be another class in law school in which they teach you how to deal with clients, especially those who have a habit to Google every thing. Sir, the info which you've found via Google search doesn't apply because that's the law in Florida and you live in Faridabad.
Me as a lawyer: It's so annoying when people ignore my professional advice, like why did you even ask me?
Me to my doctor: Doctor saab woh sab toh thik hai, par mein meetha toh khaa sakta hu na?
Me in law school: I can't wait to wear suits and black gown during practice.
Me as an advocate: Itni garmi mein kaala pehen kar jaana padd raha hai 🤦🏽♂️.
Bollywood can actually make a spine-chilling horror/thriller movie based on the facts of Dastane v. Dastane. That's literally one of the scariest Indian cases ever.
Nobody warned me being an advocate would involve so much time translating sentences like "The cause of action to file the present suit accrued on each and every date..." to "वर्तमान मुकदमा दायर करने की कार्रवाई का कारण प्रत्येक तिथि पर अर्जित होता है"
Interpretation of Statutes is actually very cool because it's just people arguing over the meaning of each word in a massive statute. It's like when you pick a fight with your boyfriend when he says "you look pretty today", because that implies you don't look pretty every day.
When you dedicate your entire life to legal education and your career in legal profession and then you see your bestie without a degree making more money as a content creator on Instagram:
Weekends are perfect for recharging your batteries, unless you're a lawyer. Then it's just another opportunity to reply to emails, charge your clients and complete a pending draft which is due on Monday.